ProRodeo Sports News - 2021 Year End Edition

XTREME BULLS TOUR RECAP

Sage Kimzey’s $102,517 in 2021 is the most money he’s won during any Xtreme Bulls Tour season.

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Back on Top Sage Kimzey crowned PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour champion for fifth time

BY TANNER BARTH S age Kimzey continues to add to his ProRodeo legacy. The seven-time PRCA Bull Riding World Champion took home the PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour title Sept. 14 in historic Pendleton, Ore. It was déjà vu for the Salado, Texas, cowboy as it marked his fifth Xtreme Bulls title in the past seven years. Kimzey wasted no time securing his championship with a 91.5-point ride on Big Stone Rodeo Inc.’s War Cry in the third round of the Pendleton Whisky Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale. He added $5,244 to his name with the round win to put the finishing touches on yet another impressive Xtreme Bulls Tour season where he finished with $102,517. “These are some of our biggest events of the year, and most of the time if you do well in them, chances are you’re doing well in the world, as well,” said

Kimzey, 27. “Winning the Xtreme Bulls Tour title is always something that I put in the forefront of my goals when I sit down for the year. They pay a lot of money and they’re a ton of fun.” Before the event, the last time Kimzey had won a PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour was 2019. That year he would go on to win his sixth world title. “If you come in and win a Division 1 Xtreme Bulls you know you’re doing something right,” Kimzey said. “But you can’t let a win like this get you too high because there’s still a lot of rodeo and there’s work left to be done. A guy can only focus on what’s right in front of him and that’s been my mindset my entire career.” Rookie cowboy Matt Palmer covered four bulls on his way to his first PendletonWhisky Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale. The Claremore, Okla., bull rider finished the two-day event with 320 points on four head. The win was good enough for $12,741 toward the world standings.

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